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n the context of a $3.6 trillion federal budget, $150 million seems like little more than couch change, microscopic acreage within the sprawling empire of government spending. Assuming an even minute-by-minute distribution of expenditures, the federal government could recuperate $150 million by completely shutting down for less than half an hour.
But $150 million is an unimaginable sum within just about any other context. The Syria conflict,which is expected to produce its one millionth recorded refugee sometime this week, is no exception. Neither is Mali, or the parched eastern Sahel, or the tumultuous Sudanese-South Sudanese borderlands. Thanks to budget sequestration, there will be $150 million less in funding for some of the most vulnerable people on earth. U.S. humanitarian relief goes a long way in the world's trouble spots, paying moral dividends for a country that prides itself on being one of the planet's leading forces for good, while securing vital American political and diplomatic objectives, like the projection of soft power, and the stabilization of societies that might otherwise shatter under the pressures of conflict.
It is not just humanitarian relief that will be hit by sequestration, which removes $150 million in funding from the State Department's Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration and the United States Agency for International Development's Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance, compared to last year's funding levels. It also removes $433 million in State Department and USAID public health spending, including $211.6 million for the AIDS relief program PEPFAR. A total of $133.5 million will be cut from development assistance, including $42 million for basic education, and $62 million for food security programs.


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GPSolo Magazine - Oct/Nov 2003
Client as Co-counsel
Have you ever had a client who wants to approve all correspondence before you send it out? Or one who wants to rewrite the pleadings? What about the client who insists that you make a discovery request you know is improper? Or that you make specious arguments or take untenable positions? The client who wants to be co-counsel—the "control client"—poses special challenges to the attorney.
Control clients can become problem clients when their expectations are not fulfilled. The key to working successfully with control clients is to spell out clearly what constraints you will accept from them. When appropriate, those constraints must be documented in your fee agreement or by letters to the client. When both you and the client have come to an understanding of what the client may expect from you, then many control client problems can be avoided.
Red Flags at the Initial Interview
The first time you will realize that you are dealing with a potential control client likely will be at the initial client interview—provided, of course, that you have structured the interview to allow this issue to surface. When you sit down with the client, do you discuss that your office will send copies of all correspondence to the client? Do you talk about the discovery process? How do you treat billing? What do you tell clients about settlement negotiations? What do you say about trials? A discussion of these subjects should prompt the client to identify how much input he or she wants to have on the mechanics of the representation.
When you realize you are dealing with a control client, talk it out, candidly and honestly. The control client's most common request will be, "I want to review all letters before they go out." You should ask why. The usual response will be, "to make sure the letter is correct." At this point, you have the opportunity to explain that many of the letters that lawyers generate are routine (such as transmittal or scheduling letters). Of course, you will insist that the client approve any critical correspondence (such as settlement letters), or at least their substance, in advance.
Even after this explanation, some clients will remain unmoved. You then have a choice to make. Are you willing to work with a client who requires this degree of control? If not, then you should politely inform the client that you are unable to take on the case. If you decide to take the case anyway, then you must explain that the client's requirements likely will increase the cost of the representation.
A variation on the control client problem arises when the client is not the one who will be paying the bill. This situation is most common in family law cases when a spouse, or an ex-spouse, brings his or her parents to the initial interview. In some instances the parents truly are there simply for moral support and to pay the bill, but other times the prospective client is being browbeaten by the parents into taking certain positions or making certain demands. A big clue in these interviews is who is doing the talking. If the parents tell you what the client wants, trouble looms. As always in these cases, it is imperative for everyone to understand who the client is and that you may not even share information about the case with the parents unless the client gives you written permission.
The Emerging Control Client
Often it will be clear at the initial meeting that you are dealing with a control client. In other instances, however, you might not realize that you have been retained by a control client until well along in the case. In litigation this can occur when the client wants to edit or add to the pleadings. For example, in a commercial case the client might request that you plead usury when obviously there has been none. A personal injury client might request that you plead elements of damages that are not allowed by law. In a divorce case, the client might direct you to plead adultery for the sole purpose of irritating the other spouse. In such instances, you must educate the client. Claiming usury when it does not exist, praying for unobtainable damages, or pleading adultery just to make the other side mad hurts the client's case because it harms the client's credibility-not to mention yours.
Control clients might not show their true colors until after discovery has commenced. This can manifest in two ways. First, the control client might prepare extensive, irrelevant, or even nonsensical responses to discovery requests such as interrogatories or requests for production of documents. Again, the client must be educated that such efforts actually undermine the case. It's a waste of your time and the client's money to sort through proposed discovery responses that are obtuse or obstructive.
The second type of control client in discovery is the energetic client who, for example, wants to interview witnesses, obtain witness statements, or procure records. The client will not understand—perhaps disingenuously—that it harms the client's case to interview witnesses. You should explain that because the client is human and interested in the case, the client will tend to hear only what he or she wants to hear. Moreover, when witnesses are talking only to one party, they are more likely to make extreme statements they would not repeat to a third person—or in a more formal setting such as a deposition or the courtroom. Explain that the client's case depends on what a witness truly will say.
Another reason for the client to stay away from witnesses is that no good can come of it at trial. By talking to witnesses, clients open themselves up to impeachment. If the witness's testimony is helpful to the client, then the other side will accuse the client of influencing the witness. If the witness's testimony hurts the client's case, then the other side will claim that the witness's testimony is credible because it remained harmful to the client despite the client's attempt to woodshed the witness. It's a no-win situation if opposing counsel is on the ball.
The perceptive client will observe that the same sorts of criticisms can be made of attorneys. But attorneys are trained to defuse these criticisms. Every time they interview a witness, attorneys should emphasize that they want to know the truth above all else. If attorneys are attacked for speaking with a witness, they can respond effectively—for example, "What kind of an attorney would I be if I didn't talk with the witnesses to make sure I understood what happened?" This response is not open to the client.
A Busy Client Is a Happy Client
The best strategy for dealing with a control client is to redirect the client's energy in a productive fashion. One way to channel that energy is to enlist the client in obtaining documents or records—in effect, serving as a runner. For example, if you need a certified copy of a deed or a will, you can dispatch your client to the clerk's office to obtain it (and to pay for it directly) rather than having you write for it, send someone else to get it, or go down to the courthouse to get it yourself.
Another area in which the industrious client can help is obtaining medical records. In these days of HIPAA, your client can execute, while at the doctor's office, whatever amended medical authorizations the doctor's office requires. Further, the doctor's staff will find it harder to ignore the patient who is standing there waiting for records than to ignore a letter from an attorney requesting records. As with other records, the client can pay for copies of medical records on the spot.
A third way to engage the control client productively is to give the client "homework." Although there can be several types of "homework" assignments, the primary assignment is for the client to make a timeline of what happened and when it happened. You should ask the client to prepare a timeline in whatever format is convenient for the client: tape-record it, hand write it, or type it up. Invariably the control client has a computer and will present you with many pages explaining the case. Just be sure that the client includes dates (and times of day when pertinent), together with a description of what happened and who was present. The client also should identify any documents relating to the event, such as letters, memos to the file, or police reports.
Doing "homework" is constructive for two reasons. First, it furnishes the attorney with a detailed road map of how the case came about. Second—and particularly important when dealing with the control client—homework gives the client an opportunity to express his or her frustration with the situation. Most people need to vent before they can listen. Pouring out one's woes on paper releases emotion while providing the attorney with valuable information.
Problems Late in the Case
If control clients remain frustrated, or become unhappy when they find that they cannot control the case to the extent they wish, the attorney might encounter a "reverse" type of control. Rather than attempting to dictate how the attorney should handle the case, the control client could cease communicating with the attorney. The control client even might forbid the attorney from initiating or responding to communications from the other side. Not only will these instructions be damaging to the client's case, but they can harm the attorney professionally. This harm can include injuries to cordial professional relationships, charges of professional misconduct, and even accusations of malpractice.
Another possible problem lies in de facto unbundling. Much has been written in recent years about the unbundling of legal services. Cafeteria-style legal services can be helpful to the client and appropriate under some circumstances, but not when your fee agreement contemplates traditional legal representation. If you allow the control client tacit permission to unbundle your services, then you could open yourself to a charge of professional negligence when operating under a generalized legal services agreement.
Document Everything
When dealing with a control client, it is important that you and the client have clear expectations of your relationship and that you document them. If the client insists on reviewing all correspondence before it goes out, then you should include that requirement in the fee agreement. You also should include language in that agreement by which the client acknowledges that this request could drive up the cost of services provided. Then you should follow the fee agreement scrupulously.
As the case progresses, your client's requirements can change. Perhaps the client will decide not to review letters before they are sent. Should the client change his or her mind about such issues, you must prepare and execute a written amendment to the fee agreement setting forth the change. In other words, as the case evolves, the agreement should evolve as well.
In other situations, it might not be necessary to amend the fee agreement, but it remains important to document client instructions. For example, a control client could direct you not to spend the time and money to photocopy documents produced in a case or not to make a copy for the client. When the client gives you instructions like these, you should write a letter to the client confirming them. If appropriate, you should include in the letter an explanation of why you disagree with the client's directive. Beware the client who might claim not to have received a letter from you. When the client refuses your advice on a critical decision, you should require the client to sign your warning letter.
More Help from the Control Client
Although control clients present special challenges to the lawyer, control clients also can prove helpful, especially later in the case. A control client will tell you of certain avenues of questioning for witnesses and likely will furnish you with proposed questions or even a complete witness exam—never mind whether you requested this help. Some of the questions will not be appropriate, but others will bring points to your attention that you overlooked or that turn out to be important when viewed in a different way. Further, the more heavily a client is involved in trial preparation, the less likely it is that the client can criticize it.
Sometimes the control client will surprise you. Many control clients realize how difficult they are to work with. Some control clients even develop a sense of humor about the extent to which they seek to run the show. These clients, when handled properly, will appreciate your efforts-if they don't drive you crazy first!
Jimmy L. Verner Jr. is a principal at Verner & Brumley, PC, a four-lawyer family-law firm in Dallas, Texas. He can be reached at email@example.com.

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It's spring and thus the birthday party season has officially begun in our house.
Instead of using store bought gift wrap, I wrapped today's party gift in vintage sewing pattern instructions and a salvaged piece of ribbon. Inside is a fashion themed gift so it is a perfect match.You can pick up old sewing patterns at thrift shops for a steal. I have a stack that I found in a box lying by the side of a road with other treasures.


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ALAMOGORDO, NEW MEXICO -- Albertson's Pharmacy continues to incorrectly fill my prescriptions and each time they tell me it won't happen again, but it does. It appears they are not taking the time to read the prescriptions properly and this could lead to them giving a customer the wrong prescription or dose and possibly lead to death.
I contacted Albertson's corporate headquarters more than once but it appears they don't care because they refuse to even respond. Both the corporate management and the pharmacy act as if I am being unreasonable to expect the pharmacy to fill my prescriptions or any other customer's prescriptions properly. It is my understanding that it is the main function and responsibility of a pharmacist to see that prescriptions are filled properly. I find this behavior and lack of response from this corporation and the pharmacy reckless, irresponsible, and dangerous, and it leads me to believe that this lack of concern for the customer is acceptable at all Albertson's Pharmacies.
ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO -- Albertsons Store #00928 Lomas and Juan Tabo, Albuquerque, NM 87112. My complaint is not about a specific person but about: misleading ads, re-labeling meat with extended expiration date after expires & recent promotion of pots and pans.
Misleading ads: Recently you had coupons for Oroweat Bread $1.99 selected varieties. I was told that the bread that was pictured on the coupon was not the one on sale because the coupon stated pan bread? There isn't any pan bread in the style pictured. BAIT-AND-SWITCH, HMM?
Re-labeling meat: Just before the Christmas holiday I was shopping and looking at the leg of lambs (prices ranged at approx. $50). I noticed that the previous tag had been removed and a new tag was posted with an expiration date a couple of days out. I asked if they were re-labeling and extending expiration dates, I was told that they re-labeled because they were previously on sale and re-labeled to reflect new price. I watch my ads like a hawk and they were never on sale. This was the second time in the last month they had been re-tagged. They rarely have them on sale, sometimes around Easter.
Promotion of Cuisinart cookware exp. 01/08/13: I went into the store on 01/07/13 only to find the display sparse in product. Availability was only 3 out of the 10 items offered. They always run out of these promotions but previously gave rain checks when out of the product that was needed and would call you when product was in. This time it was tough luck if they did not have what you had been saving stamps since September 05, 2012 - NO RAIN CHECKS!
I was told possibly other Albertsons had the cookware I had been saving the stamps for 4 months for. If you have a promotion, shouldn't you have the product available until the promotion expires? Poor business practices to say the least, not to mention extremely poor customer service. I wish Raley's was still in town, they conducted business with the priority of CUSTOMER SERVICE!
Customer service training needs to be conducted for the checkers and courtesy clerks. Rarely get a smile, eye contact greeting or a thank you! Needless to say, that was the last straw for I will not be shopping at Albertsons ever again!
SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO -- I went in the Albertsons in North Santa Fe to load a prepaid Visa. I have been to other Albertsons and have no problems. Well as I was on the phone going through the robot instructions, the Albertsons employee decided to come up and let me know that I had 5 minutes before they closed, so I was unable hear what the robot on the other line had to say. So I had to start over with the pressure of only having 3 minutes to get my transaction finished. I was able to get a real person on the line and get the transaction completed, but when it came down to the reference number, I did not have pen to write it down and the employee that interrupted me was nowhere to be found.
The man on the other line told me it was in their system and they should be able to retrieve it with no problem. So I hung up the phone and went looking for the employee that was in such a hurry to close. I found her outside talking to someone and told her I needed to complete my transaction. We go back to the counter and she has no idea on how to work the machine. I told her that I was on a automated phone line and when she told me I had five minutes, I had to start over again. And would she find someone that would know how to work the machine because I had already completed the transaction on the other line.
She finally gets a so-called manager - he has no clue and the other employee, all she wanted to do was argue with me. I went back to the phone to get instructions on how they could complete my transaction. When I went back to the counter with the instructions, the so-called manager starts yelling at me and telling me that the machine they are using does not have the capability of completing my transaction. I told him I have a supervisor from MoneyGram on the line that says you do, and he refused to listen to me and proceeded to yell at me for not telling him how to do his job properly.
I finally convinced him to get online with the employee from MoneyGram and she told him how to do it. I finally was able to complete the transaction. I wrote down all the names of employees that were rude to me and the original employee that started the whole mess. I wanted to let her know not to interrupt people while they are on that phone. She threw up her hands and told me she also worked for the public defender's office, like she was threatening me. Either way I will not go back to that Albertsons again.
CHULA VISTA, CALIFORNIA -- I have had one problem with the store that keeps repeating, always out of at least one item I need for my recipe at the time. Sometimes it's uncommon item that I have to go to Vons for or what usually is a very common item like split green peas that they can't seem to keep in stock. I have discussed this with employees over the past year. But there is nothing they can do about it. About 4 weeks ago when yet again this store fell short of an item I needed, I talked to the general manager which is no easy task and time-consuming. He apologized and yet again I ended up at Vons.
Yesterday I went in to redeem my stamps for a pan, I was told they ran out of every item and that they will have more tomorrow (today). I went back today, I asked a cashier about redeeming my stamps. She said I had to go to Customer Service. I went to Customer Service and there was a sign that stated see the cashier. Well to make a long story a little shorter, I was told to come back tomorrow that they still did not have the items. At this point, I was not very happy and asked to speak to the general manager. 15 minutes later someone other than the general manager shows up. I went from being unhappy to being upset.
Since I could not speak to the general manager, I asked for the name and telephone number to the district manager, she gave me the name and number. I went home and called the district manager. Well wouldn't you know it, it was the wrong number. I then attempted to contact Albertsons' corporate office and was given a number to Customer Service. I find out that Albertson doesn't even do their own customer service, they send it out to a third party.
Now I am no longer unhappy or upset, I am pissed and only thinking at this point that Albertsons just has no respect for their customers at all. Going from store manager to corporate office. Now I am thinking of legal ways I can make Albertsons feel the sting of their anti-customer policies. Anyone have any suggestions? I am willing to put in as much time and energy as it takes to get Albertsons to change their customer service policies to be customer-friendly.
UNIVERSITY PLACE, WASHINGTON -- A co-worker told me about a 2-for-$2 sale in the meat section of Albertsons this week. This would be for Oscar Mayer bologna and hot dogs. I thought this would be a great opportunity to save on the over-priced hot dogs they sell. I picked up 6 packs of hot dogs and 4 packs of bologna, a loaf of bread, a package of cheese and proceeded to the check-out.
The lady took the coupon and said she would ring it up. I scanned the hot dogs and bologna and the price did not reflect the special offer. I was told that the sale was only on the meat weiners and bologna, not on the beef products.
To me, and most people that know of meat, poultry and fish, BEEF is meat. Beef is not fish. Fish is not poultry. But BEEF is definitely meat. I went to the customer service desk to complain. I brought up the fact that by any reasonable definition, BEEF is meat. They would have none of that nonsense. They said the sale applied only to the meat products, not beef. I find that to be an incredibly stupid comment!
I got the number for corporate complaints and called them as I walked to my car. I had a long argument with ** at Albertsons corporate customer service. The situation escalated to the point that now I was out for blood [no bologna!].
I was told that the marketing department would call me within 24-48 hours. Marketing called the next day and we went around again over the definition of meat. Apparently, Oscar Mayer has developed a hybrid weiner which should be referred to as the by-product or hybrid weiner, not meat, because that is deceptive advertising.
It is this deceptive advertising and the attitude of Albertsons grocery personnel in University Place that causes me to have to suspend all future purchases at that store. For those that keep track of that sort of thing, this is one customer no longer spending approximately $475 each month at their store. Multiply this by each customer that reads this blog and decides that BEEF truly is a meat and that Albertsons grocery is guilty of a bait-and-switch advertising gimmick.
Blame it on Oscar Mayer if they choose, either way, I won't be shopping at the Bridgeport Way Albertsons store any longer. I will take my business to Fred Meyer for now. They often have lower prices than Albertsons, anyway. By the way, to assuage this angry customer's feelings, Albertsons thought a $10 gift certificate would be sufficient. They are wrong. If they do send the certificate, I will award it to anyone with the best response to this blog. Do you have a similar complaint about Albertsons? Tell us here. Register and blog. The best comment wins any certificate that Albertsons sends me. **
I shop for fresh produce at Albertsons grocery stores in Las Vegas (store is on Warm Springs and South Rainbow). Overall, it's a good place and the employees are very helpful and friendly. However, last week I purchased Driscoll's yellow raspberries from their Produce dept. When I got home, I found a DEAD BUG in the package. Also, on previous visits to the supermarket, I have noticed mold OBVIOUSLY growing in the red raspberries, blueberries, strawberries, and blackberries--even in the packages stocked on the TOP of the shelves, in plain view.
I returned ALL of my produce with the receipt. I did get a refund, but I also mentioned the problem to their produce manager. Instead of apologizing, reassuring me that they would take steps to improve, etc. He was defensive, condescending, and tried to imply I was being unreasonable for even complaining. I will NEVER buy produce from this store again. It's a shame they employ someone so careless about his dept. and his responsibility to maintaining public health.
As for Driscoll, contrary to their corporate hype about food safety, like other big agri-businesses, I don't think they really give a rat's ass about the safety of their products. And God knows the FDA and Agriculture Dept. doesn't bother inspecting stores or farms these days.
ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO -- I called Albertsons on Eubank and Candelaria, spoke to grocery person. I asked if they sell an item. He quotes he's not aware of that item. I quoted, "well I need to know for sure if you do." He didn't want to check and hung up. I called again, asked for manager of store name ** - I'm holding. A man comes online, said "what can I do for you?" I said "I'm waiting on Lisa." He quotes, "she's at lunch will be done in five minutes." I call back in ten mins, then I'm told she's in a meeting. I got nowhere with any of these people!!!
HELENA, MONTANTA -- I was in there with my son and I heard the manager being very rude to another employee. I also asked her to put my meats in two bags so it wasn't so thick and she wouldn't do it. I didn't like the way she was talking to that other girl, so I went up front and checked out and told the lady up there and she said she was sorry and that there has been a lot of people complaining to them about her. They said they have told the store director and they don't do anything to her.
I will not go back in there ever again. You are going to lose a lot of people if something isn't done about her. I looked at her name tag and it said **. That's all I know about her. She isn't very friendly when she waits on you. I wouldn't want her working for me. You need to do something about her asap. I don't want to give my information for I don't want anyone knowing I made this complaint. You can talk to the other employees about her. If you do, do it away from her.
I can spend 100 dollars every couple of weeks at Alberstsons and I guarantee you they overcharge me on at least one of my trips for one item or multiple items. This must make these companies millions of dollars. I really worry about seniors and alike that might not notice or can't remember what the items were supposed to cost them. When I get to the counter, I know exactly how much each item is.
Unfortunately they start ringing it up while you are unloading your cart. I almost always have to go back inside and get my money. I will go back in for 25 cents, because it is my money, not theirs. This is an ongoing problem and they never seem to get it right. I just think of the thousands and thousands of dollars they collect that is not rightfully theirs. I would love a job as an undercover shopper to expose this abuse.
CHINO, CALIFORNIA -- I have asked 3 times "do you add water to your ground meats?" I have not received an answer. They promise in their automated response that they will reply within 24 hours, but their goal is to reply sooner. I have not received a reply and now find that their customer service site is "forbidden". I think that they do add water to their ground meats. When I cook their ground beef in a skillet, it does not fry until the water boiled off. By the time the water is boiled away and the meat starts to brown, it is overcooked and dry. Does anyone know where I can buy just plain ground beef?


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"I am being sunk by a society that demands success when all I can offer is failure," says the ruined theater impresario Max Bialystock in Mel Brooks' "The Producers."
Mitt Romney sees things differently. As he sees it, he is offering success to a society that seems to actually prefer failure. "If people think there's something wrong with being successful in America, then they'd better vote for the other guy, because I've been extraordinarily successful, and I want to use that success and that know-how to help the American people."
Among the secrets of success that Romney might wish to share is how you arrange to be born to a rich family. Or, to be less vulgar, to be born to an intact and loving family that valued education. Or, for that matter, to be born smart. The neocon controversialist Charles Murray writes books arguing that the second and third factors (family and innate intelligence) are more important than the first (money). You can argue about this all day, but in Romney's case it doesn't matter because he had all three factors hard at work, paving his way to success.
COMMENTARY AND ANALYSIS: Presidential Election 2012
Is he even aware of it? Maybe Romney's not so smart, because he goes on and on about how successful he is in a way that strikes people as obnoxious. "I stand ready to lead us down a different path, where we are lifted up by our desire to succeed, not dragged down by a resentment of success."


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47 U.S. Code § 221 - Consolidations and mergers of telephone companies
Subject to the provisions of sections 225 and 301 of this title, nothing in this chapter shall be construed to apply, or to give the Commission jurisdiction, with respect to charges, classifications, practices, services, facilities, or regulations for or in connection with wire, mobile, or point-to-point radio telephone exchange service, or any combination thereof, even though a portion of such exchange service constitutes interstate or foreign communication, in any case where such matters are subject to regulation by a State commission or by local governmental authority.
For the purpose of administering this chapter as to carriers engaged in wire telephone communication, the Commission may classify the property of any such carrier used for wire telephone communication, and determine what property of said carrier shall be considered as used in interstate or foreign telephone toll service. Such classification shall be made after hearing, upon notice to the carrier, the State commission (or the Governor, if the State has no State commission) of any State in which the property of said carrier is located, and such other persons as the Commission may prescribe.
In making a valuation of the property of any wire telephone carrier the Commission, after making the classification authorized in this section, may in its discretion value only that part of the property of such carrier determined to be used in interstate or foreign telephone toll service.
This chapter, referred to in subsecs. (b) and (c), was in the original "this Act", meaning act June 19, 1934, ch. 652, 48 Stat. 1064, known as the Communications Act of 1934, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 609 of this title and Tables.
1996—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104–104 struck out subsec. (a) relating to notification of State Governor and State commission, public hearing, and certification.
1990—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 101–336 substituted "sections 225 and 301" for "section 301".
1956—Subsec. (a). Act Aug. 2, 1956, inserted provisions relating to submission of comments by parties and required a public hearing upon request, in lieu of former provisions requiring hearing upon application.
1954—Subsec. (b). Act Apr. 27, 1954, included mobile or point-to-point radio telephone exchange service within exclusions provided for in such subsection, where it is subject to regulation by a State commission or by local governmental authority, and made it clear that the Commission retains its licensing authority over the radio stations that might be involved in such service.
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Last week I was able to squeeze in an couple of hours of birding at Goose Pond near Linton, Indiana. Goose pond is a huge wetland that was recently established by re-claiming and flooding vast tracts of farmland. I've been making regular visits to the area from two years now and am thrilled at the variety of birds that I am bale to see.
My last trip to Goose Pond, in March, was able to watch a pair of whooping cranes for nearly and hour. I also observed huge rafts of migrating ducks. On that trip I didn't pack my scope. I was working at an art fair and didn't expect to have any time on the pond.
I returned last week with my scope, but left my camera behind. (I left early and didn't turn the lights on so as to wake my wife.) I could only get a couplle of long shots with my phone.
My target bird for this trip was the American White Pelican. The spring flocks have been growing steadily at the pond and I wanted to get another look at these amazing and huge birds. On my first stop I saw little but coots. I took a few minutes to talk to a bird savvy fisherman and he pointed out flock of the pelican reeling in the distance. I drove in that direction, crested a hill and was thrilled to see between 200-300 pelican flying, swimming and going about their daily business. The wind was screeming into my face, off the pond, so I didn't stay too long. I did not two immature bald eagles within the pelican flocks. I presume they benefit from the pelicans' group fishing tactics.
Upon leaving leaving three bobwhite quail crossed the road in front of me. These birds, now seldom seen, were an important part of my walks in the woods as a kid. They looked like miniature footballs with wings. Another bird from earlier days, the eastern meadowlark, was spotted on roadsigns and fence posts.
I circles around the other side of the area–passing the site where we watched the whooping cranes a month before– and parked on a short rise above two ponds filled with ducks. There I was able to spend some time, protected from the worst of the wind, and observe ducks. There was waterfowls that I've spent time watching before–lesser scaup, mallards, coots, golden-eye and Canada geese — but there were some new to me.
My field guide was back home with my camera so I was limited to using iBird on my iPhone. I found this very frustrating and am convinced that while I appreciate iBird and its applications in the field it has limitations. I checked and rechecked all of the "duck" descriptions on iBird and coiuld find no matches to the birds that I was seeing.
The problem, of course, is that not all ducks have "duck" in their name. A mallard is a mallard, not a mallard duck. In a print field guide related birds are listed and illustrated together. It's a simple matter to flip through the duck section and make visual comparisons.
My two mystery ducks were a gadwall and blue-winged teal–two ducks without duck names.
No pictures, but a great day and a few more birds to add to my "to-carve" list.


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Shortly after Rampage Jackson bids a bitter farewell to the UFC on Saturday night, flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson and challenger John Dodson will introduce themselves to a national audience.
Chicago's United Center will be a crossroads for several fighters getting together in the UFC's latest show on Fox.
Johnson's first title defence against Dodson is the main event, but the 125-pounders realize they could be upstaged by bigger guys. Jackson is making what he says is his final UFC appearance against Brazil's feared Glover Teixeira, while crowd-pleasing lightweight contenders Donald Cerrone and Anthony Pettis meet on the televised undercard.
Johnson (16-2-1), better known as Mighty Mouse, believes the flyweights still will put on a show worth watching.
"With the UFC giving us the spotlight as the headliner, it's going to give me and John Dodson a chance to show the world what the flyweight division can do," said Johnson, who beat Joseph Benavidez by split decision last fall to claim the UFC's first flyweight belt. "If you want to be educated, this is the division to watch, because we bring everything — good conditioning, good speed, good footwork, everything."
Still, all eyes are likely to be on Jackson (32-9), who is fed up with the UFC after six years with mixed martial arts' dominant promotion.
The 34-year-old former light heavyweight champion still is among the UFC's biggest stars, even after delaying his fighting career while shooting for Hollywood celebrity in the film version of "The A-Team." The temperamental bruiser also threatened retirement three years ago, and he has sparred with UFC President Dana White repeatedly in recent years over money, matchups and sponsorships.
After tangling with Teixeira (19-2), who hasn't lost in 17 straight fights since March 2005, Jackson says he'll likely move on to a smaller-time promotion, or even a boxing career.
"I plan on being still involved in MMA," said Jackson, who has lost his last two fights to Jon Jones and Ryan Bader. "I just want to get this last UFC fight out of the way and then enjoy myself as a free agent and see who's interested in me.
"I think that the UFC doesn't know how to treat their athletes," added Jackson, whose most recent UFC complaint surrounds his desire to wear Reebok gear in the octagon. "I feel like we do a lot for this sport, and I just feel like we're just not taken care of well enough. I feel like they're getting rich off all of us. ... I don't want to be a part of this sport like this. It's just bad. I don't want to be a part. I want to go somewhere where they take care of their fighters and they treat us like human beings. I'm telling you I've been fighting for a long time, and I'm standing up for myself."
The young flyweight division's recent history of fast-paced, technical fights suggests the sixth Fox show won't end in a knockout when Johnson takes on Dodson. The matchup most likely to produce fireworks is Cerrone (19-4) against Pettis (13-2), two charismatic brawlers with style to spare.
"The fight is going to be exactly what all the fans think it will be," Cerrone said. "We're going to go and throw down. It's going to be a fight that everybody is excited to see."
Pettis is returning from an 11-month injury absence that set back his progress to a title shot.
"I feel like I was on the outside looking in," Pettis said. "But I do feel like I'm one of the best in the lightweight division. I'm going to go out there and prove that. Against a guy like Cerrone, it's the best guy to prove it against. I mean, he's been dominating guys all last year."
When the big names on the undercard are finished, the little guys will get a shot at making a memorable impression on MMA fans who still haven't embraced the flyweight division.
The 5-foot-3 Dodson (15-5) entertained and annoyed fans of "The Ultimate Fighter," the UFC's reality-show competition, with his ever-present grin and oddball sense of humour. He realizes the flyweight division typically features fewer stoppage victories, but he echoes White's belief that only uneducated MMA fans don't appreciate their style.
"I'm not going to sit there and say I'm going to be mad if they start booing because of all the great fights underneath us," Dodson said. "Look at the Rampage fight. You got Anthony Pettis and Cowboy. You got (Clay Guida) fighting on this, man. You got all these guys going to go out there and just bang, and that's what me and Demetrious Johnson are just going to go out there and do. I don't care if they're going to boo. Shoot, they can boo throughout the whole thing. I'm still going to fight."


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The third edition of Social Dance: Steps to Success presents
easy-to-follow instruction for 10 of today's most popular social dances.
From fundamentals such as footwork and posture to communication and
practice drills, this special book and DVD package is ideal for anyone
wishing to perfect their moves on the dance floor.
Judy Patterson Wright earned her PhD in 1981 in motor learning
and motor development from the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign, where she focused on the learning process for
sequential dance skills and how teachers may facilitate that process.
She is an accomplished dancer and educator who has taught social dance
at the junior high, high school, college, and community levels since
1971. Dr. Wright's dance experience includes tap, jazz, modern, ballet,
social, folk, square, country Western, line, and aerobic dance. She
specializes in ballroom and social dance in which she has extensive
experience as a competitor, coach, author, and instructor. She has
taught courses at Walsh College in Ohio, the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Richland
Community College in Illinois, and the Wright Way Dance Studio, which
she co-owns. She has also presented workshops at the state and national
levels for the National Dance Association and AAHPERD, the National
Teachers Association for Country Western Dance Instructors, and the
National Dance Educators Organization.
Wright has judged and competed in dance competitions and specializes in
teaching progressive classes and workshops for both social and
competitive dancers. Wright and her husband placed second overall in the
UCWDC Silver Advanced Showcase Division at the world finals in both 1996
and 1997. They are the 2009 UCWDC couples gold combined world champions.
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the 2012 world finals in Orlando, Florida. In a career spanning 23 years
as an acquisitions editor for Human Kinetics, Wright created the format
for the Steps to Success activity series (of which her book is a part)
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Unemployment, Migration Statistics Underscore Failure of MEDC, Says Mackinac Center Economist
State unemployment increases to 15.2 percent; 70 percent of United Van Lines Michigan traffic is outbound
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Monday, July 20, 2009
Contact: Michael D. LaFaive
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MIDLAND — Figures released last Friday show that Michigan has led the nation in unemployment for 40 straight months, confirming the fact that state legislators should eliminate the Michigan Economic Development Corp in favor of bold, across-the-board policy changes, Mackinac Center Fiscal Policy Director Michael D. LaFaive said today. Michigan's unemployment rate is now 15.2 percent, 5.7 percentage points above the national average.
This unemployment data comes shortly after United Van Lines — the nation's largest mover of household goods — reported that through June 30 of this year, 70 percent of its Michigan-related business was outbound.
"The MEDC's mission was to create new and retain existing jobs in Michigan. These unemployment figures are just another stark reminder that the MEDC has failed and should be shut down," said LaFaive. "The MEDC's work amounts to 'press release economics.' Michigan is probably getting more job announcements from this expensive government bureaucracy than real jobs. It's no wonder legislators and others are demanding more transparency from the agency."
According to LaFaive and adjunct scholar Michael Hicks, unemployment rates and migration are intertwined. A high home state unemployment rate advertises a lack of opportunity, while a state with a lower rate advertises relatively more opportunity. Past migration research conducted by the pair found that for every 1 percentage point increase in Michigan's unemployment rate, an additional 900 people leave Michigan every year thereafter.
"People continue to vote with their feet and they aren't voting for Michigan," said Hicks. "That speaks volumes because the financial and psychological costs of leaving are considerable."
Michigan's economic woes are not a recent phenomenon. While discouraging, a quick recap of the statistics behind Michigan's decline is instructive:
- Since 1995, when the state began "investing" more aggressively in economic development departments and programs, Michigan has dropped to 50th among the 50 states in employment growth. Ours is the only state to lose jobs over that term.
- Puerto Rico's unemployment rate — 14.5 percent — is lower than Michigan's, the first time it has been lower than any state since 1976, save for one month after Louisiana was hit by hurricane Katrina.
- From 2002 through 2007 — roughly the period of America's last economic expansion — Michigan experienced negative growth as measured by real state Gross Domestic Product (-1.7 percent).
- Since the creation of the MEDC in 1999, Michigan's state GDP rank has fallen from 16th highest in the country to ninth worst. Per-capita personal income has tumbled from 16th to 34th place.
"The state's department of Corporate Welfare and Discriminatory Tax Policy — the MEDC — has presided over one of the most significant declines in economic performance in Michigan history," said LaFaive. "Does anyone really believe the Great Lakes State would be worse off if it were not for their taking resources from a lot of taxpayers and giving them to a few?"


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It's BarcampLondon3 - I'm sat on a very large bean bag in the atrium at Google's UK Headquarters. It's all too comfortable.
Google is famous for its working environment. Tales of the early days at the googleplex abound – gourmet chefs, roller hockey, beanbags and so on. I suppose it's become more commonplace now but back in '99 when I first heard tell of these things, I was surprised to say the least. Especially as I counted myself lucky to get dial up at the time.
Across the atrium from where I sit on the £800 bean bag is a kitchen with all manner of food and drink for the taking. Yes, Googlers want for very little it seems.
OK, it's not like they're hard up or anything… $10.6bn last year – they can afford the free espresso.
There is an abundance of whiteboards (all wiped clean before we arrived, top secret stuff here, you see) and also an abundance of meeting rooms all named after great thinkers. Berners-Lee, Newton, Hawking, Magellan all get namechecks here.
The open plan offices are decorated as eccentrically as you might imagine. There are traditional red phoneboxes for private calls, mannequins dressed in Google hats and the occaisional brightly coloured arrow pointing to the "Googler of the week" who presumably sits beneath it with an inward grin of satisfaction.
On the one hand, these things could just be fluff, but in much the same way that a persons house tells you a great deal about them, a workplace says similar things. Perhaps the most powerful of these was the scribble on the kitchen whiteboard:
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Dreaming of salty air and sand between your toes? You'll feel right at home in these four seaside escapes, as stylish as they are serene. But be warned: the laidback luxe interiors might result in your own beach-inspired makeover.
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1. PERFECT FOR: Pet-friendly fun. Sleeping 12 (plus your family pets!) across a three-bedroom house and single-room cottage, this seaside shack has been designed under the expert eye of for relaxed, open-plan living at its best.
Photographer: Three Birds Renovations
YOUL'LL LOVE: The large, enclosed backyard where kids and pets can happily roam around. MUST DO: A big cook-up in the fully equipped kitchen. Open the French doors and spill out onto the deck for alfresco dining on balmy summer days.
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2. Perfect for: A couples' hideaway or a weekend with friends. This family-run business offers an array of boutique accommodation, from the New York loft-style Chapel, sleeping two, to the expansive eight- guest Magnolia House.
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YOU'LL LOVE: Feeling pampered with Hunter Lab bath products and luxurious Bemboka robes.
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MUST DO: Order a platter to enjoy in bed. Don't feel like cooking? An impressive mezze board, delivered upon request, arrives overflowing with delicious cheeses, fruit pastes, condiments and crackers.
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These thoughtfully styled spaces are all light, linen and loveliness — and quintessentially Byron. Cool, white interiors meet the warm exterior of a Byron Bay summer.
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YOU'LL LOVE: Full use of two cruiser bikes and a beach kit including chairs and an umbrella.
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MUST DO: A lazy afternoon on the outdoor deck. Fire up the barbecue, sip cocktails and play pétanque until the sun goes down.
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The Flagstaff Sky Race traverses the mountains between the City of Flagstaff and the Arizona Snowbowl Ski Resort through beautiful Ponderosa Pine forests and alpine meadows. Three different disciplines will be offered through this finale in the US Skyrunner Series event: a 55 Kilometer Ultra, a 39 Kilometer Sky Race and a Vertical Kilometer boasting over 1000 meters of climb straight up the Arizona Snowbowl ski slopes. These runs feature a significant amount of elevation gain and descent on trail and off trail between 7,000 and 11,600 feet above sea level.
Anything else you may need to know is located on our Flagstaff Sky Race website!DatesOctober 6 - VK RaceOctober 7 - Ultra & Sky RacesRace entries are non-refundable and non-transferable. For other options, please check out our Race Withdrawal Policy!
This season we're switching back to the traditional Skyrunning formula of fifteen quality races across three disciplines to raise the level of competition at each event. Elite runners will have to race each other head-to-head more frequently for the top honors. Building on the success and inspiration of our first three years, 2017 continues the explosion of international Skyrunning events that have captured the imagination of runners globally. There are now Skyrunner® National Series in many countries around the world, including the US.See how the Altra US Skyrunner® Series fits into the global world of Skyrunning on our Background page.Details of the SeriesFive Sky, five Ultra and five Vertical K® races are distributed across the country, offering expanded opportunities to run in some of the most beautiful locations in the US.Hundreds of miles of racing including well over 100,000 feet of vertical gain with inclines that will truly push the best mountain runners to their limits and offer unique experiences for every competitor. Distance + Vertical = Skyrunning.Legendary, iconic and prestigious events make up the calendar, with many of the Vertical K® races doubling up with Sky and Ultra events. The majority of the races have been created or adjusted specifically for the Altra US Skyrunner® Series, broadening the scope of competitive and spectacular Skyrunning races globally.As Ian Sharman, the Director of the Altra US Skyrunner® Series states: "Ever since I first saw Skyrunning at Transvulcania, it captured my imagination with the audacity and beauty of the courses and sheer difficulty of the races. The events are some of the toughest around but leave runners wanting more, from the leaders to the back of the pack. So I'm really excited and honored to bring the original Skyrunning concept to the US on a wider scale with some of the most exciting races around."


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BoA sued for Providence landmark neglect
Providence, R.I. - The owner of Rhode Island's tallest building is suing Bank of America for more than $23 million, saying it neglected the Art Deco-style skyscraper, leaving behind crumbling facades and other problems when it left it vacant earlier this year.
Newton, Mass.-based developer High Rock says the 26-story building, known locally as the Superman building for its resemblance to the Daily Planet building in the old "Superman" TV show, is unrentable because of the work that must be done. Its lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in Providence in July and is due for its first hearing Thursday.
Bank of America denies that it breached its lease and has countersued, saying it is High Rock that has breached the lease, and asking for attorney's fees.
A spokesman for High Rock and its lawyer would not comment on the lawsuit. A spokesman for Bank of America and its lawyer did not immediately return messages seeking comment.
The 428-foot-tall building is the distinguishing feature on the Providence skyline and had been used as a bank since it opened in 1928, first for the Industrial Trust Co., then its successor Fleet. Fleet sold the building in 2003 to Westminster Office and agreed to lease the entire building back from the company for 10 years.
Bank of America acquired Fleet in 2004 and assumed the lease. High Rock purchased the building in 2008, and the bank's lease term ended on April 30. By the time Bank of America left, it had been occupying only about 20 percent of the building's nearly 350,000 square feet.
High Rock says in its lawsuit that under the terms of the lease, Bank of America and Fleet before it were responsible for keeping the building in good condition, complying with laws and codes and for making any repairs. The company says the bank ignored repeated reports that pointed out problems and repairs needed at the building.
Bank of America "adopted a purely reactive facade maintenance program that did as little as possible, as late as possible, and at as low a cost as possible," the lawsuit says. It goes on to say the bank would put up safety staging above the street to catch falling brick and stone, then collect it in pails and store it in the building's basement.
The bank denies the allegations.
High Rock has been saying for months that the building needs extensive renovations. In April, shortly after the bank moved out, it floated a plan to get $39 million in state support to redevelop the building as apartments, but lawmakers rejected the idea.
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The last-ditch effort to save the banking system in Cyprus should bring a rally when U.S. stock markets open on Monday, according to several investment managers.
Cyprus and its international creditors agreed early Monday on key elements of a deal for a 10 billion euro ($13 billion) bailout. Cyprus' second-biggest bank, Laiki, will be restructured, and holders of deposits exceeding 100,000 euros will have to take losses, a European Union diplomat said. The diplomat spoke on condition of anonymity pending the official announcement.
It was unclear just how big of a hit big depositors will have to take, but the tax on deposits was expected to net several billion euros, reducing the amount of rescue loans the country needs.
U.S. investors won't care too much about who takes losses in Cyprus, as long as there's a bailout that stops the run on banks in the Mediterranean island nation and keeps the eurozone stable, said Karyn Cavanaugh, market strategist at ING Investment Management in New York.
"If this works out, regardless of the terms, this is going to be good for the market," she said Sunday night.
The tax on large deposits likely will be 10 to 20 percent, in order to raise about $7.5 billion, said Jack Ablin, chief investment officer for BMO Private Bank in Chicago. The move should be well received by U.S. investors because it's the third bailout deal in the eurozone, including Greece and Spain, and in each case the countries have agreed to austerity plans.
"I suspect investors will take that news pretty well," he said.
The Dow Jones industrial average dropped more than 90 points Thursday in part on fears that the crisis in Cyprus will intensify. But it rebounded and erased the loss on Friday.
Late Sunday, Dow Jones industrial futures were up 42 points to 14,501. The broader S&P futures added 6 points to 1,558.00 and Nasdaq futures rose fractionally as well. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 gained 1.35 percent to 12,505.51 in early trading.
The European Central Bank had threatened to stop providing emergency funding to Cyprus' banks after Monday if there is no agreement on a way to raise 5.8 billion euros needed to get a 10 billion euro rescue loan package from the International Monetary Fund and the other countries that use the euro currency.
If Cyprus fails to get a bailout, some of its banks could collapse within days, rapidly dragging down the government and possibly forcing the country of around 1 million people out of the eurozone. Analysts say that could threaten the stability of the currency used by more than 300 million people in 17 EU nations.
A plan agreed to in marathon negotiations earlier this month called for a one-time levy on all bank depositors in Cypriot banks. But the proposal ignited fierce anger among Cypriots and failed to garner a single vote in the Cypriot Parliament.
The idea of some sort of deposit grab has returned to the fore after Cyprus' attempt to gain Russian financial aid failed this past week, with deposits above 100,000 euros at the country's troubled largest lender, Bank of Cyprus, possibly facing a levy of up to 25 percent.
Monday's deal between Cyprus, the International Monetary Fund and the European Commission still needs approval by the 17-nation eurozone's finance ministers. The deal could still be scuttled if Parliament rejects the tax on depositors, said Dimitri Papadimitriou, president of the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College.
And Cavanaugh said any glitch that thwarts the deal could still cause U.S. markets to plunge later. She's still concerned that the U.S. economy, with recent weak corporate earnings, may be hurt by economic troubles in Europe. She's advising investors to be defensive, staying in the market but moving some of their portfolios into bonds.
However, Ablin said tiny Cyprus shouldn't have much of an impact on U.S. markets short of a total default.
"We've been through a lot, and the euro has not yet fallen off the table," he said. "I guess the conventional wisdom is the euro can sustain a big setback in Cyprus and still continue to move forward."


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Assignment: Japan one year later: What's changed?
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The massive 9.0 earthquake that struck Japan on March 11, 2011, killed thousands and rattled a nation that's accustomed to living in a quake zone. It toppled buildings, left many homeless and created nuclear concerns. Japan is still rebuilding one year later, from the buildings to the national psyche.
If you live in Japan, we'd like you to tell us: How has your life changed over the past year? Whether it's emotional or physical, we'd like to hear how your life is different since the earthquake. We're looking for how the earthquake changed the way you live on a personal level.
Share your before and after photos of your area, or grab a video camera and let us know what life is like today. The best iReports will be used in coverage on CNN International and on CNN.com.
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FCC Seeks Comment on Broadband AccessibilityAmericans with disabilities will be the focus of an October workshop on national broadband, Broadband Accessibility for People with Disabilities: Barriers, Opportunities, and Policy Recommendations, held by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the US communications Regulator. The workshop builds on a previous workshop, Broadband Opportunities for Individuals with Disabilities, held in August 2009.From Madia Access Australia, October 06, 2009
EC Considers Web Accessibility LegislationThe European Commission has proposed legislating to ensure that all EU nations adopt accessibility rules designed to ease disabled people's access to the web.
Information Society and Media Commissioner Viviane Reding has for the first time talked of a 'European Disability Act' that could compel EU nations to adopt web accessibility rules together so that all of Europe's websites become accessible at the same rate.From The Register, October 05, 2009
Literacy Bridge Receives Grant Award from Amazon.comLiteracy Bridge, a non-profit organization that provides children and adults with tools for knowledge sharing and literacy learning, today announced the receipt of a $25,000 grant award from Amazon.com. The grant will primarily support Literacy Bridge's ongoing pilot program in rural Ghana, and will help the organization conduct user experience testing and impact evaluation for its Talking Book program.
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11 Major New Snow Leopard FeaturesApple has been gradually bringing Mac OS X up to speed in terms of accessibility features for users with physical disabilities. Tiger was a big leap forward, and Leopard added more improvements. Snow Leopard takes accessibility features in Mac OS X to a whole new level.From PC World, August 26, 2009
Telecom Union Urges Access to the DisabledThe International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is urging lawmakers and regulators in Asia-Pacific countries to make a greater effort to provide access to information and communication technology for disabled people. From The Nation Technology, August 25, 2009
South African Disability Rights Leader Named United Nations Special Rapporteur of Commission for Social DevelopmentShuaib Chalklen of South Africa has been appointed the Special Rapporteur on Disability of the Commission for Social Development for the period 2009-2011.
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Apalone ferox
|Scope: Global
Language: English
|Scientific Name:
|Apalone ferox (Schneider, 1783)
Common Name(s):
Testudo ferox Schneider, 1783
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Least Concern ver 3.1
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|Date Assessed:
|van Dijk, P.P.
|Horne, B.D., Mittermeier, R.A., Philippen, H.-D., Quinn, H.R., Rhodin, A.G.J., Shaffer, H.B. & Vogt, R.C
Apalone ferox is listed as Least Concern because it ranges across a substantial area, it is common to very common in much of its range, substantial populations are safeguarded in effective protected areas, and while exploitation of the species is widespread and has at times and places been intensive, adequate regulations are in place and the species is resilient to recover within two decades.
|Previously published Red List assessments:
|Range Description:
|Apalone ferox occurs from southern South Carolina (vicinity of Charleston) through eastern and southern Georgia, southeastern Alabama and essentially all of Florida (Iverson 1992, Meylan and Moler 2006).
|Countries occurrence:
Native:United States (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina)
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Apalone ferox is considered common to very common throughout most of Florida (Meylan and Moler 2006). Localized population declines have been attributed to intensive collection, but only partial quantitative population estimates or trend data are available. Indications are that a depleted population requires about 20 years to recover (Meylan and Moler 2006).
Population structure data are limited to some casual observations (Meylan and Moler 2006).
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|Habitat and Ecology:
Apalone ferox inhabits a wide variety of permanent freshwater bodies, as well as some occurrence in ephemeral waterbodies and brackish situations. Shallow vegetated lake and marsh areas with deeper canals and at least localized sandy banks represent optimal habitat (Meylan and Moler 2006).
Apalone ferox are primarily carnivorous, feeding on snails, insects, fish, crayfish, and occasionally clams and tetrapod vertebrates; part of this may represent scavenging.
Significant nest predators include foxes, raccoons, skunks and fish crows, while hatchlings and juveniles may be consumed by raptors and various other predators. Adults are very occasionally taken by alligators (Meylan and Moler 2006).
Female A. ferox can reach over 70 cm carapace length (CL) and well over 20 kg (record 43.5 kg - Pritchard 2001).
Females reach sexual maturity between 25 and 40 cm CL, at an unknown age. Average size of nesting females in a Pinellas Co. population was 50 cm CL and 10.3 kg (Heinrich and Boykin, in Meylan and Moler 2006)
Males reach sexual maturity between 15 and 21 cm CL, at about 0.7 kg, at an unknown age (Meylan and Moler 2006).
Most but not all females reproduce annually, while some females may produce up to seven clutches per year (Iverson and Moler 1997). Clutch size is correlated to female size, averaging 18 to 39 eggs per clutch, with the very largest females producing over 225 eggs per year. Hatchlings measure on average 41 mm CL (range 36-44 mm) at a weight of 9.7 (range 8-11) g (Meylan and Moler 2006).
|Terrestrial; Freshwater
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Apalone ferox was the most intensively collected turtle species in Florida up to 2009; Meylan and Moler (2006) describe details of the fishery, amounting to a minimum of 7,500 adults annually.
Ranching of the species, specifically egg collection from confined wild-caught animals, produces substantial quantities of hatchlings for the global pet trade and for rearing facilities in China; annual exports amounted to well over 100,000 in recent years (LEMIS database of recorded exports from USA, combining wild-collected, ranched and farmed sources: 1999: 16,917 individuals; 2000: 17,675; 2001: 18,040; 2002: 22,903; 2003: 23,001; 2004: 95,958; 2005: 84,944; 2006: 149,833; 2007: 161,826; 2008: 315,649)
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Commercial take of adult softshells, either as a targeted fishery or as bycatch in seine and trotline fisheries, has been substantial and has been implied as the cause of localized declines (review by Meylan and Moler 2006).
Some females are killed when crossing roads to or from nesting sites, and natural predation levels may have increased as predator populations are subsidized by human activities, but the overall impact or significance of these trends have not been evaluated.
|Conservation Actions:
In Alabama, commercial and personal take is limited to a daily bag limit of 10 turtles, and softshells can only be taken if over 12" CL. Florida closed its commercial fishery for the species in 2009. Take of the species in Georgia remains unregulated. In South Carolina Apalone ferox is considered a Species of Concern.
Substantial populations are protected in the Everglades and other protected areas; habitat characteristics also make some areas unsuitable to commercial fisheries, providing effective refugia. Habitat modification, particularly the construction of drainage canals, may favour individuals and populations locally.
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|van Dijk, P.P. 2011. Apalone ferox (errata version published in 2016). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T165597A97397831. . Downloaded on 15 August 2018.
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OCF College Conference Audio Available on AFR
In partnership with the Orthodox Christian Fellowship (OCF), Ancient Faith Radio has posted the talks from the 2012 OCF College Conferences as an AFR "Special." Held annually after Christmas at Antiochian Village (East) and St. Nicholas Ranch (West), the conferences draw college students from all part of the U.S. together for several days of workshops, fellowship, and lectures from top-notch Orthodox speakers.
In addition to the podcasts featuring talks on the theme "Trust in the Power and Love of God," the AFR line-up of conference audio includes the program "Orthodoxy Live with Fr. Evan Armatas," who conducted a live call-in show with the students at the College Conference East at Antiochian Village.